There is a lack of clear, actionable guidance on how to cultivate psychological states like agency and gratitude compared to physical health metrics.

“you know we've heard endless number of podcasts including this podcast about physical health and we've been told by physicians and everybody else that you know we should seek to have a relatively low blood pressure we should seek to have a relatively low heart rate that cholesterol should be at a certain level Etc So within the physical health domain you know there are strong clear messages about what we should all be striving toward and in a similar way to how we're discussing the self in Psychology you know I don't think anyone seeks to have low blood pressure or low heart rate because that's what they want per se”